"'Manley Field House is officially closed!' That was the phrase uttered by John Thompson Jr., the original shots fired when Thompson’s Hoyas toppled Jim Boeheim’s Orange for the first time in 57 games on Feb. 13, 1980 -- a last-second win that ended with Thompson grabbing the microphone and closing down Syracuse’s beloved old building with that taunt for the ages. Since then, it’s been all hate all the time, a tradition reignited of late by the Internet’s ability to deliver directly that hatred to an opponents’ eyeballs...Annual conference supremacy will no longer be on the line, but at this point the rivalry is too good on its own merits to not remain a part of our yearly college hoops diet."

Also making Brennan's list is the Syracuse-Connecticut rivalry. Here's what Brennan says about the Orange and Huskies:

"Thanks to frequent mutual excellence, as well as two very large fan bases in two of the few places in the northeast where college sports reign supreme, Syracuse and UConn have developed plenty of healthy animosity over the past few years. If the Huskies can’t join up with the Orange in the ACC -- they may or may not be trying to do so -- let's hope Syracuse can find a spot on its busy schedule for another old Big East foe."

What do you think -- should the Orange add Connecticut and Georgetown to the schedule every year? Leave a comment below.